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Litany of
Intercession for England
Remember not, O Lord, our offences, nor those of our parents; neither
take Thou vengeance of our sins.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Jesus, receive our prayers. Lord
Jesus, receive our prayers.
God the Father, Creator of the world, have
mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have
mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Perfecter of the elect, have mercy on us.
Sacred Trinity, three Persons and one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for
England.
Holy Mary, Queen of Angels, who alone destroyest all heresies, pray for England.
Holy Mary, Virgin of virgins, whose eminent sanctity our Lord hath
honoured with so many miracles, pray
for England.
St. Michael, prince of the Church, pray
for England.
St. Gabriel, glorious messenger of our Saviour's Incarnation, pray for England.
St. Raphael, faithful guide of those who have lost their way, pray for England.
Holy Angel, to whose custody this province is committed, pray for England.
All ye holy Angels and blessed Spirits of heaven, who celebrate with
joy the conversion of sinners, pray
for England.
St. John the Baptist, precursor of the Messias, and great example of
penance, pray for England.
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, friends of God, and advancers of
His truth, pray for England.
St. Peter, prince of the Apostles and supreme pastor of Christ's sheep,
pray for England.
St. Paul, doctor of the Gentiles, who, of a persecutor, becamest a
preacher, pray for England.
St. Andrew, first disciple of Christ, and constant lover of the cross, pray for England.
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, chief planters of the Christian
faith, and zealous maintainers of Catholic unity, pray for England.
St. George, our principal patron, pray
for England.
St. Alban, our first martyr, pray
for England.
St. Thomas of Canterbury, who, as a faithful shepherd, laidst down thy
life in defence of the Church, pray
for England.
All ye holy Martyrs of this nation, who voluntarily lost your lives
here to find them in joyful eternity, pray
for England.
St. Gregory, most vigilant Bishop of the Universal Church, whose pious
zeal sent missioners from Rome for the conversion of our ancestors, pray for England.
St. Augustin, Apostle of this nation, by whom our forefathers were
claimed from paganism and infidelity, pray
for England.
St. Bede, most venerable Confessor, by whose religious life and learned
writings the Catholic faith was eminently propagated amongst us, pray for England.
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, by whose wisdom and sanctity this
island was once a flourishing seminary of religion, pray for England.
St. Helen, most holy queen and mother of the first Christian emperor, pray for England.
St. Ursula, most blessed martyr, who diedst in the glorious defence of
faith and chastity, pray for England.
St. Winefride, most admirable virgin, even in this unbelieving
generation still miraculous, pray
for England.
All ye holy Saints of this nation, who, amidst the innumerable joys of
heaven, still retain a particular charity for the salvation of your
country, pray for England.
All ye holy Saints of all places, who, though divided here in several
regions, were united in the same faith, and now enjoy one common
felicity, pray for England.
Be merciful, spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful, graciously hear us, O
Lord.
From the spirit of pride, rebellion, and apostacy, deliver England, O Lord.
From the spirit of hypocrisy, profaneness, and sacrilege, deliver England, O Lord.
From the presumption of private opinion, and contempt of the authority
of Thy Church, deliver England, O
Lord.
From schism, heresy, and blindness of heart, deliver England, O Lord.
From gluttony, drunkenness, and the false liberty of an undisciplined
life, deliver England, O Lord.
That it may please Thee to hasten the conversion of this our miserable
country, and reunite it to the ancient faith and communion of Thy
Church, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That it may please Thee particularly to have mercy on our relations,
friends, and benefactors, and open their eyes to see the beauty of Thy
truth, and embrace it, we beseech
Thee, hear us.
That is may please Thee to comfort and strengthen Thy servants, who
suffer for the Catholic faith, we
beseech Thee, hear us.
That it may please Thee not to permit the weakest of us, by any
temptation whatsoever, to fall away from Thee and Thy truth, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That it may please Thee to assist with Thy special grace those good
pastors who venture their lives for their flock, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That it may please Thee daily to augment in them the fire of Thy love
and the zeal of gaining souls, we
beseech Thee, hear us.
That it may please Thee to preserve the Catholics of this land from all
sin and scandal, we beseech Thee,
hear us.
That it may please Thee so to adorn their lives with solid piety, that
others, seeing their good works, may glorify Thee our heavenly Father, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That it may please Thee to enlighten the hearts of all schismatics with
Thy powerful grace, we beseech Thee,
hear us.
That it may please Thee to show them the danger of their state, and the
great importance of eternal salvation, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That it may please Thee mercifully to look down from Heaven on the
tears of the afflicted, and the blood of so many martyrs, who have
spent their lives, and suffered death to convert us to Thee, we beseech Thee, hear us.
Son of God, we beseech Thee, hear us.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ graciously
hear us.
Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, Whose judgments are
righteous and counsels unsearchable; Who visitest the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation, and
yet at length remeberest mercy; forgive, we beseech Thee, the sins of
our forefathers, and turn away Thy wrath from their posterity; deliver
the ignorant from being seduced by false teachers, and the learned from
being abused by their passions, and the whole nation from the spirit of
contradiction, licentiousness, and discord; that instead of so many
divisions and changes in religion, under which they labour, they may be
again restored to that unity of mind, steadiness of faith, and
tranquility of conscience, which is no where to be sought but in
communion of Thy Church, nor possible to be found but by the conduct of
Thy grace. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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